Earth's human population recently reached 8 billion people.

Here's where they live.

Data visualization by Pietro Violo https://pietroviolo.com/

The Arctic blast in the northeastern U.S.& Canada reminded me of this #ClimateChange comic from nearly a decade ago by @rosemarymosco of Bird and Moon Comics. https://rosemarymosco.com/ #weather

“If the World were 100 People” (Part 2)

50 are female
50 are male

45 males & 41 females can read & write

11 live on less than $1.90 USD per day
1 spends more than $90 USD per day

18 do not have electricity
11 are undernourished

35 do not use cell phones
5 live in an area without a mobile-cellular network

54 live in urban areas
46 live in rural areas

68 have improved sanitation
18 have unimproved toilets
14 have no toilets

Source: 100people.org based on 2016 data

“If the World were 100 People”

25 are children
75 are adults (9 are 65+)

60 Asians
16 Africans
14 people from the Americas
10 Europeans

31 Christians
23 Muslims
16 people w/o religion
15 Hindus
7 Buddhists
8 other

Languages:
12 Chinese
6 Spanish
5 English
4 Hindi
3 Arabic
3 Bengali
3 Portuguese
2 Russian
2 Japanese
60 other

86 can read & write
7 have a college degree
40 have Internet
78 have shelter
91 have access to safe drinking water

Source: 100people.org based on 2016 #data

@carowe I have multiple friends who intentionally chose male sounding names for their daughters.

@breadandcircuses When I was a grad student, I thought we were surely headed toward parity. I was surrounded by so many bright, driven, curious & ambitious women!

But then came negotiations, bullying & harassment, bias, motherhood without institutional support, inadequate or unaffordable childcare, lack of credit, male dominated social norms - all before a pandemic. Our numbers have dwindled at every step.

To be clear, it’s not about getting women & girls excited about science. We are! It’s about keeping us there.

Scientific institutions weren’t built by women or for us. Cultural norms & social mores often discourage us from staying. Retention numbers from earning a PhD to becoming a full professor are nearly identical now to when I was early career in the 2000s. /2

Ada Lovelace demonstrates that women are just as capable at excellence in computing as their male counterparts.

However, men are more likely to “feel they belong than women” (see link). And the share of bachelor’s degrees in computing awarded to women has halved since 1985.

Anecdotally, my female friends in computer science have experienced bullying & harassment, or been ignored & overlooked. /2

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/10/22/why-the-future-isnt-female-in-computing